Biological activities of the fermentation extract of the endophytic fungus Alternaria alternata isolated from Coffea arabica L.

Biological activities of the fermentation extract of the endophytic fungus Alternaria alternata isolated from Coffea arabica L.

A total of 22 endophytic fungi isolated from coffee (Coffea arabica L.) were cultivated in vitro and their crude extracts tested. The screening was carried out using the agar diffusion method against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans. The most effective isolate was Alterna...

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Main Authors: Maurette dos Reis Vieira Fernandes, Tales Alexandre Costa e Silva, Ludwig Heinrich Pfenning, Cláudio Miguel da Costa-Neto, Tassiela Andréa Heinrich, Severino Matias de Alencar, Marisa Aparecida de Lima, Masaharu Ikegaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Subjects:
Fungos endofíticos
Compostos bioativos
Alternaria alternata
Endophytic fungi
Bioactive compounds
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502009000400010

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